Mountain and Sea Battle Again · Flute Shatters Souls (3)

"Sea Soul Secret Art · Soul-Calming Guide · Soul-Sealing Chapter."

The instant the ethereal, ancient flute melody, as though it could cleanse the soul itself, began to play, the entire clamorous arena seemed to have its mute button pressed! Every noisy discussion, every tense breath, even the lingering sounds of Soul Power collisions on the stage, all seemed strangely soothed, absorbed, and cut off by the flute. An indescribably vast force that calmed souls, suppressed agitation, quelled killing intent, and even seemed to still one's thoughts spread through the entire arena space with just a few sparse notes of that ancient melody, like mercury spilling across the ground and seeping into every opening!

The first to bear the brunt of it were not Whale Fall, but Li Xuanshu, who was about to launch a fatal strike with his mind and attack fully united, and Li Longyue, who was preparing to coordinate his attack with intense mental focus!

Li Xuanshu felt his battle intent, boiling to its limit; his Soul Power and killing intent, condensed to their peak; and his resolve to charge forward without regard for anyone else—all of it abruptly stall the instant that ethereal, ancient flute melody, like a mother soothing an infant, entered his ears, as though a red-hot branding iron had been plunged into an icy sea! It was a form of "soothing" and "admonition" from the deepest reaches of the soul. It was not forced suppression, yet it was more frightening than forced suppression, because it pointed directly at one's true heart, making even him waver for an instant and wonder, Should I really be this violent? The dark crimson, almost black flames he had condensed to the utmost limit developed an extremely slight yet fatal fluctuation and energy leakage under this soul-level soothing, while